"Named amphiboles": A new category of amphiboles recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), and the proper order of prefixes to be used in amphibole names

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1881-1883

  Burke, Ernst A J ^a,b   Leake, Bernard E ^c,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b IMA CNMMN   (Netherlands)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMA CNMMN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphibole group minerals; Nomenclature; Prefixes

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

AMPHIBOLES; PREFIXES; SPECIES; SYMMETRY;

TERMINOLOGY;

AMPHIBOLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NOMENCLATURE;

EID: 15044364086     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.6.1881     Document Type: Article

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